"I'm lazy. That's why I like machines. They do things I would not have thought of."
-Brian Eno
Welcome Home Big Brother
Under the friendly guise of a local partnership, King's Lynn has watched itself become the model of a Big Brother society. The rest of the country is going the same way. Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not watching you too. By Simon Davies
What the Hell You Starin' At?
Edgy, outrageous and smart, Duckman redefines animation even more than The Simpsons did. By Rogier van Bakel
Weird Name, Wired Guy
Buggy G Riphead. By Hari Kunzru
Experience Required
Forget the telephone; steady on the superhighway. Peter Cochrane won't be happy until BT is communicating "experience". By Robin Hunt
Beats Skinning Hogs
PC Manufacturer Gateway 2000 grew into a multibillion-dollar business in just seven years. Charles Platt went to South Dakota to see how. Pictures by Norman Mauskopf
Digital Refusenik
Sven Birkets believes that technology is leeching the spiritual out of human experience. By Harvey Blume
Gossip is Philosophy
The Wired interview. Kevin Kelly talks to Brian Eno
Fetish
Techno-lust
Common Sense
Just Use It
Electrosphere
You Like to Watch, Don't You
By Robert Rossney
Buried Treasure
By Debbie Fellner
The New Russians
By Masha Gessen
Truth, Justice and the new Photo(shop) Realism
By Jacques Leslie
Affirmative, Minister
By William Heath
Idées Fortes
The Perfect Crime
By Jean Baudrillard
Bill's Bet-the-Company Strategy
By Dave Winer
Michael Bywater
How would it be if everybody did it?